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Pharak Pharam Royal Ballet Troupe of Luang Prabang
 Street address: Luang Prabang National Museum, Thanon Sisavangvong, Ban Chumkhong, Muang Luang Prabang, Khoueng Luang Prabang, Laos
Telephone: 856 (0) 71 253705, 856 (0) 71 253224
Fax: 856 (0) 71 253262
E-mail: tumtumcheng@yahoo.com
Contact: Chanthaboupha Vongsaravan (Khoun) Director
Telephone: 856 (0) 20 541 8787 (mobile)
Contact: Sayphet Khampasith Deputy Director
Telephone: 856 (0) 71 212022
Contact: Manivong Khatiyarath Deputy Director
Telephone: 856 (0) 71 253705
This provincial government troupe of some 60 artists was established in 1999 following a joint project between the Luang Prabang Provincial Service of Information and Culture and the Institute of Cultural Research (ICR) in Vientiane to re-establish the ancient Lao Ramayana or pharak pharam ballet of Luang Prabang. With support from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Asia Pacific Regional Office (BRAP) dancers from the provincial performing arts troupe were brought together with students and a selection of older musicians and performers to revive the nine episodes of the Lao Ramayana.
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